My BIrthday...Pictures to come!

Thursday was my birthday! 

The night before I had this dream that I would wake up and Zac would tell me that he took the day off, but did that happen?  No!  Bummer.

Then I had a dream that he woke up early to make me a wonderful breakfast, but did he?  No! 

When I woke up the morning of my birthday I told him both of my dreams and when I mentioned the breakfast one, he then asked me, "What would you like for breakfast?" and I answered, "I'm actually not hungry!"

So it was a good thing that he did not make me anything beforehand.

As soon as I woke up that morning I had this dream that my kids were going to be on there best behavior, well, the morning did not start out so well...but all in all, they were both really good on my birthday, and Aspen was very happy that it was my birthday, and told everyone!

How the day went (I promise I will post pictures soon)

Got ready for the day and brought Aspen to preschool, but made a quick stop to Dunn Brothers to get my free Dark Chocolate Latte...DELICIOUS!

Brought Aspen to school and ran some errands before we brought Zac lunch.

Maybe you are wondering why I brought Zac lunch on my birthday, well, I had a free burger coupon for my birthday and I did not want to use it, so I brought him the Alpine Swiss Burger.  It has lots of mushrooms on it (which I dislike) but he said it was AMAZING!

After that I went and got the kids McDonalds for there lunch and came home and they both napped for 2 hours!!!!  What a great present that was.

Went to work, got lots of birthday wishes, and my kids were very good at work too!

When I got into the car after work there was a gift from my mother-in-law, and it was a very cute shirt (I love it) and an adorable card.

I then drove home and walked in and my kids greeted me with the most wonderful hugs, my husband was finishing up dinner, and our family celebration began.

Zac set the table, there was a beautiful daffodil plant, a bottle of wine, and many purses (from my mother in law...she has many and decided to give me a few that she doesn't use anymore), two cards from my kids, and candles lit.

The food was delicious and it was just beautiful!

We then ended the night by the kids going to bed early and Zac and I watched "The Proposal"

What a great day and what a great end of my day!

*Pictures to come!*

What's in store for my birthday?

Today is my BIRTHDAY!

So, what am I going to do?

I have no idea what my husband has in store for me, but what I do know is he is making two of my most favorite things for dinner....

Sausage and Tomato Rigatoni...YUMMY!

and for dessert...

Banana Cream Cheesecake....again...YUMMY!

But what is in store for during the day?

Tune in tomorrow and I will fill you in!

Ouch!

I have been sick for a week now, but just a couple of days ago...THROBBING PAIN in my ear.  Ouch!

I thought to myself, an ear infection?  No, I don't have an ear infection.  I will just wait it out a few days and see how it is then. 

This morning I went into the Minute Cinic and the Doctor did say that my ear was "raging" which was not a good thing.  It is a good thing though that I am now on an anitbiotic and hopefully when the 7 days are up my ear will be back to normal and I will not have to keep asking "What?" when people talk to me (especially my husband)

Slowly but surely I will be back to my 100% self and then I can get back into my normal daily routine which will include...

GOING TO THE GYM!

Devotions with my girl!

For awhile now we have had this Bible that Grandma Holm bought for Aspen.  She absolutely LOVES it! 

However, it has been sitting on the shelf for quite sometime and I want to change that!

I decided to take it down from the shelf and today we are going to begin to do devotions together!  Something for the two of us girls to do during the afternoon, during her nap time.  What a fun way to spend time with Aspen and together we get to spend time with our Heavenly Father in His Word!

This is a great Devotional Bible filled with short stories and wonderful scripture! 

I cannot wait until this afternoon!  Just me and my girl in the Word!

Tomorrow I am doing something that I haven't done in awhile!

I don't know about you...but do you like to weigh yourself?

I DON'T!

I haven't weighed myself since last July and ever since then I have made it a point to workout everyday and eat healthy.  I have also made it a point to not weigh myself, but to just go with how my clothes are fitting.  So far, so good..my clothes are fitting the way they should and I can definitely feel my body getting more fit and toned, which was definitely a goal that I wanted to achieve.

However, there is still work to be done and I continue to push myself everyday!

But then...

MONDAY happened!

Monday I woke up and went to the gym and much to my surprise I began to feel a sharp pain in my lower back.  I hadn't felt pain like that since I was pregnant with Titus.  I decided to take that morning off from working out, went home, and the pain got worse while I was at work.

When I got home from work it was a shooting pain...not only was it in my lower back, but now it was shooting down my leg...

My SCIATIC nerve????

Oh no!

I took the next day off from work...put heat on it, ice on it, heat on it, ice on it...stretched...etc...

Tuesday night it was feeling better, but still sore.

Went to the gym this morning...did a slow paced walk (which made me angry because I REALLY wanted to run) and after my walk, it began to hurt again.

I called the Doctor and got an appointment for tomorrow morning.

I am dreading the dr.'s office...what is he going to say, do, what will the verdict be????

I am also dreading the SCALE!  Again, I haven't weighed myself since July....

OH NO!

Tomorrow is Tripe D day for me...

THE DREADED DAY AT THE DR.'S OFFICE!

To Blog or not To Blog...that is the question...

It is 230 AM...that's right...and I am awake!

I am the LIGHTEST sleeper (well not as bad as my sister) but ever since I have had children I have become the lightest sleeper...I officially have "Mommy ears" you know, where you can hear your kids breathing...even if you are down the hall? 

Do any of you other moms feel this way? 

Has your sleeping pattern changed since having kids?

I know that it does at first when you have a new baby, but my kids are 2 and 4 and I still hear everything!

I wish that I could go back to sleep but that is another issue that I deal with...If I wake up, I am up for awhile. 

Any tips on how to sleep better?  Looking for some!

A morning with my girl!

What better way to spend a morning than with my ADORABLE baby girl, Aspen! 

I know that she is no longer a baby, but she will forever be my baby girl!

Aspen was looking forward to this morning all week (as was I)

We woke up this morning and ate a yummy breakfast...homemade biscuits, eggs, and bacon all made by my wonderful husband, Zac.

Then we got dressed and ready to go...what did we do?

We got our hair cut!  Aspen's favorite part was getting some of her hair colored pink (don't worry, it washed out tonight during bath time)  Her hair is adorable...cut just below her chin and it made her smile!  My hair...the same as always, but cleaned up.  We go to Fantastic Sam's.  I never thought I would ever enjoy going to a cheaper salon, but I have been happy there and every girl that I go to, does exactly what I like!  And it SAVES money!

Next stop????

Target...our favorite store

We needed to pick up a birthday present for Aspen's friend who is having her birthday tomorrow!  Exciting!

I can totally tell that Aspen is growing up because she no longer needs a cookie to get her through Target, but she wants to actually shop...especially in the dollar area (which I love)!

So much fun!

Our final destination...Aspen's favorite place...

MC DONALD'S!

She loved having lunch with just mommy and we enjoyed talking and people watching and then it was time for her to play.

She met some really nice girls and played with them for quite awhile...and just when it was time to go...in walked Titus and daddy!

So we stayed awhile...see, daddy and Titus were at the zoo together and so it was nice to sit with them and here about there adventure there.  Titus' first sentence to me was, "I saw monkeys!"  TOO PRECIOUS!

It was a great day and a much needed day...not just for haircuts, getting birthday gifts, and eating lunch...but it was a day for me to spend some much needed alone time with my baby girl!  She is growing up so fast and learning so much that it was nice to just take time today to be with her, listen to her, and just have some much needed girl time with her.  She already cannot wait for the next time the two of us get to hang out.  TRUST ME there will be more times like that because I did have so much fun with her.

Love you baby girl!